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Brazos Bookstore

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Houston's independent bookstore since 1974.

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    Brazos Bookstore

    2421 Bissonnet
    Houston, TX 77005

    Phone: (713) 523-0701   |   Fax: (713) 523-1829   |   Official Website

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    Free parking available

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      02/10/12	Gulf Coast Reading Series: February 2012 Brazos Bookstore Gulf Coast Reading Series: February 2012 Presented by Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts at Brazos Bookstore February 10, 2012 Through a collaboration with Houston’s Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast is proud to present twenty-one readers from the University of Houston’s nationally-acclaimed graduate program in creative writing in the Gulf Coast Reading Series. Gulf Coast, a biannual journal featuring innovative fiction for the literary-minded, presents this reading series, bringing writers from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program to the ears of our city. Through the...
      02/14/12	Author Appearance: J. Pittman McGehee - THE PARADOX OF LOVE Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: J. Pittman McGehee - THE PARADOX OF LOVE Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore February 14, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  J. Pittman McGehee - THE PARADOX OF LOVE. The Paradox of Love addresses both the healing and wounding nature of the greatest of contradictions. The human longing for love is fraught with what Jung called the "incalculable paradoxes of love." In this book of essays, McGehee studies the interpersonal and the intrapsychic dynamics of love, as well as its...
      02/21/12	Author Appearance: Diana Untermeyer - QATAR: SAND, SEA, AND SKY Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: Diana Untermeyer - QATAR: SAND, SEA, AND SKY Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore February 21, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  Diana Untermeyer - QATAR: SAND, SEA, AND SKY. Qatar occupies a thumb of land that extends off the Arabian Peninsula into the Persian Gulf. This nation, though small in size, represents more than a strategic geographical location-it is uniquely beautiful and culturally rich. Qatar: Sand, Sea and Sky is an overview of the country and its journey into modernity while it preserves...
      03/09/12	Gulf Coast Reading Series: March 2012 Brazos Bookstore Gulf Coast Reading Series: March 2012 Presented by Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts at Brazos Bookstore March 9, 2012 Through a collaboration with Houston’s Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast is proud to present twenty-one readers from the University of Houston’s nationally-acclaimed graduate program in creative writing in the Gulf Coast Reading Series. Gulf Coast, a biannual journal featuring innovative fiction for the literary-minded, presents this reading series, bringing writers from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program to the ears of our city. Through the...
      03/29/12	Author Appearance: Tanya Luhrmann - WHEN GOD TALKS BACK Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: Tanya Luhrmann - WHEN GOD TALKS BACK Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore March 29, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  Tanya Luhrmann - WHEN GOD TALKS BACK. A bold approach to understanding the American evangelical experience from an anthropological and psychological perspective by one of the country's most prominent anthropologists. Through a series of intimate, illuminating interviews with various members of the Vineyard, an evangelical church with hundreds of congregations across the country, Tanya Luhrmann leaps into the heart of...
      04/07/12	Author Appearance: Anthony Shadid - HOUSE OF STONE Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: Anthony Shadid - HOUSE OF STONE Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore April 7, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  Anthony Shadid - HOUSE OF STONE. Last spring, when Anthony Shadid—one of four New York Times reporters captured in Libya as the region erupted—was freed, he went home. Not to Boston, Beirut, or Oklahoma where he was raised by his Lebanese-American family, but to an ancient estate built by his great-grandfather, a place filled with memories of a lost era when the Middle East...
      04/13/12	Gulf Coast Reading Series: April 2012 Brazos Bookstore Gulf Coast Reading Series: April 2012 Presented by Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts at Brazos Bookstore April 13, 2012 Through a collaboration with Houston’s Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast is proud to present twenty-one readers from the University of Houston’s nationally-acclaimed graduate program in creative writing in the Gulf Coast Reading Series. Gulf Coast, a biannual journal featuring innovative fiction for the literary-minded, presents this reading series, bringing writers from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program to the ears of our city. Through the...
      04/17/12	Author Appearance: Robie Harris - WHO HAS WHAT? Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: Robie Harris - WHO HAS WHAT? Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore April 17, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  Robie Harris - WHO HAS WHAT?. The trusted, New York Times best-selling author of It's Perfectly Normal presents a charming and reassuring picture book series for preschoolers. Young children are curious about almost everything. Asking questions is one of many ways they learn about themselves and the world around them. Now, this unique series for our youngest children provides...
      04/19/12	Author Appearance: Sergio Troncoso - CROSSING BORDERS: PERSONAL ESSAYS Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: Sergio Troncoso - CROSSING BORDERS: PERSONAL ESSAYS Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore April 19, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  Sergio Troncoso - CROSSING BORDERS: PERSONAL ESSAYS. "On good days I feel I am a bridge. On bad days I just feel alone," Sergio Troncoso writes in this riveting collection of sixteen personal essays in which he seeks to connect the humanity of his Mexican family to people he meets on the East Coast, including his wife's Jewish kin. Raised in El Paso near the Texas-Mexico...

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  • Upcoming Events

    02/10/12	Gulf Coast Reading Series: February 2012 Brazos Bookstore Gulf Coast Reading Series: February 2012 Presented by Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts at Brazos Bookstore February 10, 2012 Through a collaboration with Houston’s Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast is proud to present twenty-one readers from the University of Houston’s nationally-acclaimed graduate program in creative writing in the Gulf Coast Reading Series. Gulf Coast, a biannual journal featuring innovative fiction for the literary-minded, presents this reading series, bringing writers from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program to the ears of our city. Through the...
    02/14/12	Author Appearance: J. Pittman McGehee - THE PARADOX OF LOVE Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: J. Pittman McGehee - THE PARADOX OF LOVE Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore February 14, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  J. Pittman McGehee - THE PARADOX OF LOVE. The Paradox of Love addresses both the healing and wounding nature of the greatest of contradictions. The human longing for love is fraught with what Jung called the "incalculable paradoxes of love." In this book of essays, McGehee studies the interpersonal and the intrapsychic dynamics of love, as well as its...
    02/21/12	Author Appearance: Diana Untermeyer - QATAR: SAND, SEA, AND SKY Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: Diana Untermeyer - QATAR: SAND, SEA, AND SKY Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore February 21, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  Diana Untermeyer - QATAR: SAND, SEA, AND SKY. Qatar occupies a thumb of land that extends off the Arabian Peninsula into the Persian Gulf. This nation, though small in size, represents more than a strategic geographical location-it is uniquely beautiful and culturally rich. Qatar: Sand, Sea and Sky is an overview of the country and its journey into modernity while it preserves...
    03/09/12	Gulf Coast Reading Series: March 2012 Brazos Bookstore Gulf Coast Reading Series: March 2012 Presented by Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts at Brazos Bookstore March 9, 2012 Through a collaboration with Houston’s Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast is proud to present twenty-one readers from the University of Houston’s nationally-acclaimed graduate program in creative writing in the Gulf Coast Reading Series. Gulf Coast, a biannual journal featuring innovative fiction for the literary-minded, presents this reading series, bringing writers from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program to the ears of our city. Through the...
    03/29/12	Author Appearance: Tanya Luhrmann - WHEN GOD TALKS BACK Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: Tanya Luhrmann - WHEN GOD TALKS BACK Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore March 29, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  Tanya Luhrmann - WHEN GOD TALKS BACK. A bold approach to understanding the American evangelical experience from an anthropological and psychological perspective by one of the country's most prominent anthropologists. Through a series of intimate, illuminating interviews with various members of the Vineyard, an evangelical church with hundreds of congregations across the country, Tanya Luhrmann leaps into the heart of...
    04/07/12	Author Appearance: Anthony Shadid - HOUSE OF STONE Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: Anthony Shadid - HOUSE OF STONE Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore April 7, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  Anthony Shadid - HOUSE OF STONE. Last spring, when Anthony Shadid—one of four New York Times reporters captured in Libya as the region erupted—was freed, he went home. Not to Boston, Beirut, or Oklahoma where he was raised by his Lebanese-American family, but to an ancient estate built by his great-grandfather, a place filled with memories of a lost era when the Middle East...
    04/13/12	Gulf Coast Reading Series: April 2012 Brazos Bookstore Gulf Coast Reading Series: April 2012 Presented by Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts at Brazos Bookstore April 13, 2012 Through a collaboration with Houston’s Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast is proud to present twenty-one readers from the University of Houston’s nationally-acclaimed graduate program in creative writing in the Gulf Coast Reading Series. Gulf Coast, a biannual journal featuring innovative fiction for the literary-minded, presents this reading series, bringing writers from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program to the ears of our city. Through the...
    04/17/12	Author Appearance: Robie Harris - WHO HAS WHAT? Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: Robie Harris - WHO HAS WHAT? Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore April 17, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  Robie Harris - WHO HAS WHAT?. The trusted, New York Times best-selling author of It's Perfectly Normal presents a charming and reassuring picture book series for preschoolers. Young children are curious about almost everything. Asking questions is one of many ways they learn about themselves and the world around them. Now, this unique series for our youngest children provides...
    04/19/12	Author Appearance: Sergio Troncoso - CROSSING BORDERS: PERSONAL ESSAYS Brazos Bookstore Author Appearance: Sergio Troncoso - CROSSING BORDERS: PERSONAL ESSAYS Presented by Brazos Bookstore at Brazos Bookstore April 19, 2012 Brazos presents an Author Appearance:  Sergio Troncoso - CROSSING BORDERS: PERSONAL ESSAYS. "On good days I feel I am a bridge. On bad days I just feel alone," Sergio Troncoso writes in this riveting collection of sixteen personal essays in which he seeks to connect the humanity of his Mexican family to people he meets on the East Coast, including his wife's Jewish kin. Raised in El Paso near the Texas-Mexico...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    01/28/12	Book Event: THREE MESSAGES AND A WARNING Brazos Bookstore
    01/26/12	Author Appearance: Christina Sisk - MEXICO, NATION IN TRANSIT Brazos Bookstore
    01/24/12	Author Appearance: Kim Edwards - THE LAKE OF DREAMS Brazos Bookstore
    01/21/12	Author Appearance: Doc Hendley - WINE TO WATER Brazos Bookstore
    01/20/12	Gulf Coast Reading Series: January 2012 Brazos Bookstore
    01/19/12	Author Appearance: Robert Leleux - THE LIVING END Brazos Bookstore
    01/18/12	Author Appearance: John Barry - ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE CREATION OF THE AMERICAN SOUL Brazos Bookstore
    12/04/11	Brazos Bookstore 2011 Holiday Open House Brazos Bookstore
    12/02/11	Author Appearance: Hermes Mallea - GREAT HOUSES OF HAVANA Brazos Bookstore
    12/01/11	Author Appearance: John Kerr - A ROSE IN NO MAN'S LAND Brazos Bookstore
    11/30/11	Author Appearance: Bobby Bridger - WHERE THE TALL GRASS GROWS Brazos Bookstore
    11/21/11	Classical Theatre Company (CTC) Reading Series: White Snake Brazos Bookstore
    11/15/11	Author Appearance: Linda Urbach - MADAME BOVARY'S DAUGHTER Brazos Bookstore
    11/13/11	Author Appearance: Bob Edwards - A VOICE IN THE BOX Brazos Bookstore
    11/11/11	Author Appearance: Dave Madden - THE AUTHENTIC ANIMAL Brazos Bookstore
    11/06/11	Author Appearance: Michael Berryhill - THE TRIALS OF EROY BROWN Brazos Bookstore
    11/04/11	Gulf Coast Reading Series: November 2011 Brazos Bookstore
    11/04/11	Author Appearance: Michael Moore - HERE COMES TROUBLE Brazos Bookstore
    11/03/11	Author Appearance: Dave Parsons - FEATHERING DEEP Brazos Bookstore
    11/02/11	Author Appearance: Dr. Lawrence Dorr - DIE ONCE, LIVE TWICE Brazos Bookstore
    11/01/11	Author Appearance: Mary Romero - THE MAID'S DAUGHTER Brazos Bookstore
    10/25/11	Author Appearance: Sarah Bakewell Brazos Bookstore
    10/25/11	Author Appearance: Gretchen Morgenson - RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT Brazos Bookstore
    10/24/11	Author Appearance: Bruce Machart Brazos Bookstore
    10/24/11	Authors Appearance: EL NARCO by Ioan Grillo + CARTEL by Sylvia Longmire Brazos Bookstore
    10/24/11	Author Appearance: Scott Pasfield - GAY IN AMERICA Brazos Bookstore
    10/23/11	Author Appearance: Joanne Herring Brazos Bookstore
    10/21/11	Author Appearance: Jack Parsons Brazos Bookstore
    10/13/11	Before a Canyon signing by Jeremy Tucker Brazos Bookstore
    10/11/11	Author Appearance: CW Smith Brazos Bookstore
    10/07/11	Gulf Coast Reading Series: October 2011 Brazos Bookstore
    10/06/11	Author Appearance: Texas Poet Laureate Dave Parsons Brazos Bookstore
    08/20/11	Local Authors Day @ Brazos Bookstore Brazos Bookstore
    07/27/11	Author Appearance: Larry Flynt Brazos Bookstore
    06/21/11	Author Appearance: David Goldfield Brazos Bookstore
    06/16/11	Author Appearance: The Deen Brothers Brazos Bookstore
    06/09/11	Author Appearance: Stephen Harrigan Brazos Bookstore
    06/03/11	Author Appearance: Karen White Brazos Bookstore
    05/26/11	Author Appearance: Fred Burton Brazos Bookstore
    05/24/11	Author Appearance: Jeffrey Greene Brazos Bookstore
    05/12/11	Author Appearance: Harlan Steinbaum Brazos Bookstore
    05/06/11	Author Appearance: Frances Strange Brazos Bookstore
    05/04/11	Author Appearance: Jim Shepard Brazos Bookstore
    04/15/11	Gulf Coast Reading Series - April 2011 Brazos Bookstore
    04/04/11	Alexander McCall Smith: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    03/30/11	Author Appearance: Piper Kerman Brazos Bookstore
    03/29/11	Author Appearance: David Brooks Brazos Bookstore
    03/26/11	It Gets Better Book Launch Celebration Brazos Bookstore
    03/18/11	Author Appearance: Daniel Seddiqui Brazos Bookstore
    03/14/11	Author Appearance: Matthew Inman Brazos Bookstore
    03/08/11	Author Appearance: Andre Dubus III Brazos Bookstore
    03/07/11	Classical Theatre Company (CTC) Reading Series: Moliere’s Doctor of Love Brazos Bookstore
    03/04/11	Gulf Coast Reading Series - March 2011 Brazos Bookstore
    03/03/11	NEW DATE Author Appearance: Laura Furman Brazos Bookstore
    03/02/11	Author Appearance: Mat Johnson Brazos Bookstore
    02/18/11	Author Appearance: Marshall Chapman Brazos Bookstore
    02/16/11	Author Appearance: Constance Borde & Sheila Malovany-Chevallier Brazos Bookstore
    02/13/11	Author Appearance: Henry L. Roubicek Brazos Bookstore
    02/11/11	Gulf Coast Reading Series - February 2011 Brazos Bookstore
    01/27/11	Author Appearance: Harvin C. Moore III Brazos Bookstore
    01/21/11	Gulf Coast Reading Series - January 2011 Brazos Bookstore
    01/20/11	Author Appearance: Douglas Brinkley Brazos Bookstore
    01/18/11	Author Appearance: Ellen Schreiber Brazos Bookstore
    01/06/11	Author Appearance: Fannie Flagg Brazos Bookstore
    12/15/10	Classical Theatre Company (CTC) Reading Series: Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens Brazos Bookstore
    12/07/10	Author Appearance: Amy Yasbeck Brazos Bookstore
    12/06/10	Author Appearance: Nivien Saleh Brazos Bookstore
    12/05/10	Brazos Bookstore 2010 Holiday Open House Brazos Bookstore
    12/04/10	Author Appearance: Mimi Brian Vance Brazos Bookstore
    12/02/10	Author Appearance: Karen Walrond Brazos Bookstore
    11/22/10	Author Appearance: Siddhartha Mukherjee Brazos Bookstore
    11/19/10	Author Appearance: Glenn Blake Brazos Bookstore
    11/17/10	Author Appearance: Kathleen Kent Brazos Bookstore
    11/16/10	Book Talk: 'Mercy Without Borders' by Mark and Louise Zwick Brazos Bookstore
    11/15/10	Book Launch Event For Jay-Z's 'Decoded' Brazos Bookstore
    11/12/10	Gulf Coast Reading Series - November 2010 Brazos Bookstore
    11/11/10	Author Appearance: Monica Perales Brazos Bookstore
    11/10/10	Literary Houston Reading Brazos Bookstore
    11/09/10	Author Appearance: Phil Trupp Brazos Bookstore
    11/07/10	Texas Artists Today Book Signing And Artists Party Brazos Bookstore
    11/01/10	David K.C. Cooper, MD: book signing and reading Brazos Bookstore
    10/24/10	Brazos Kids Halloween Party Brazos Bookstore
    10/20/10	Emerging Writers Series - Bruce Machart: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    10/19/10	Myla Goldberg: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    10/18/10	Author Appearance: Antonya Nelson Brazos Bookstore
    10/17/10	CANCELLED Anna Rabinowitz: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    10/17/10	Jane Porter: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    10/14/10	Walter R. Borneman: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    10/08/10	Gulf Coast Reading Series - October 2010 Brazos Bookstore
    10/07/10	David Todd, Editor of 'The Texas Legacy Project': book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    09/29/10	Richard Wirick: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    09/28/10	Matt Dellinger: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    09/25/10	National Curiosity Day Brazos Bookstore
    09/22/10	Doug Dorst: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    09/16/10	Monique Truong: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    09/14/10	Emily Fox Gordon: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    09/11/10	Olivia deBelle Byrd: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    09/09/10	Author Appearance: Hana Samek Norton Brazos Bookstore
    09/08/10	Emerging Writers Series - Ann Weisgarber: book signing and discussion Brazos Bookstore
    09/03/10	Gulf Coast Reading Series - September 2010 Brazos Bookstore